Definition of wash

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Wash (v. t.) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore..

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Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..
Bewash :: Bewash (v. t.) To drench or souse with water.
Fast :: Fast (v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors..
Whiten :: Whiten (v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth..
Tye :: Tye (n.) A trough for washing ores.
Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others..
Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..
Clysmic :: Clysmic (a.) Washing; cleansing.
Lavatory :: Lavatory (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing..
Laundering :: Laundering (n.) The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing..
Camphor :: Camphor (v. t.) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.
Washpot :: Washpot (n.) A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.
Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Washermen :: Washermen (pl. ) of Washerma.
Chinook :: Chinook (n.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands..
Hogwash :: Hogwash (n.) Swill.
Whitewashed :: Whitewashed (imp. & p. p.) of Whitewas.
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